![]() ![]() ![]() Then, once it was open, criticism turned to both cost – the entrance to the Dome of Discovery was considered expensive at five shillings – and the artistic taste – some thought parts were too futuristic, too gaudy, too innovative. Before it even opened, some condemned it as a waste of public money, particularly when so many houses had been destroyed during the war. Throughout the summer months Festival ship Campania toured the coast of Britain with a smaller exhibition of the South Bank story.Īs with most Government sponsored projects the Festival met with controversy (remember the Millennium Dome?!). Heavy engineering was the subject of the Industrial Power exhibition in Glasgow, there was a ‘Farm and Factory’ exhibition in Belfast and the arts were displayed in a series of countrywide performances. Despite organisers’ best efforts the Live Architecture Exhibition was a disappointment in comparison to the South Bank attractions, only achieving around 10% of the number of visitors and it was received badly by leading industry figures.Īlthough the main site was in London, the Festival of Britain was still a nationwide affair. Designed to incorporate all the latest thinking about architecture, town planning and communities, the Lansbury Estate consisted of a shopping precinct, a library, a Building Research Pavilion, a Town Planning Pavilion and a building site showing houses in various stages of completion, including high-quality housing in multi-storey blocks of flats. A new wing of the Science Museum in South Kensington held the Exhibition of Science, a large funfair consisting of Pleasure Gardens, riders and open-air amusements was erected in Battersea Park and in Poplar, east London, a new housing estate was built as a ‘live architecture exhibition’. Other Festival displays went on show elsewhere in London. ![]()
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